Improvement in whip-sockets



CALDWELL & BU'GBEE} Whip Socket. No. 89,465. Patented April 27, 1869www- J. A. CALDWELL AND C. S. BUGB OF SPRlNGFlELD, MASSACHU- SETTS.

Letters Patent No. 89,465, dated April 27, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHIP-SOCKETS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that we, J. A. CALDWELL and O. S.BUG- BEE, both of Springfield, Hampden county, Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improved Whip-Socket; andwe do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and clear descriptionthereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a sectional view,

Figure 2, a plan view, and

Figure 3, a side view of our invention.

This invention consists of a new and improved socket for whips, whichiseasily-and cheaply manufactured, and yet more durable and perfect inits operation than those now in use.

It consists in construction of a socket, A, turned up from a solid pieceof wood, the grain of the same ordinarily running lengthwise.

- Thermethod of attaching this socket A to the car'- riage may be variedto suit'circumstances, but the way we prefer to accomplish this is bythe use of the two. straps, B and B, which are connected in a peculiarmanner, as shown in fig. 2 more particularly, where it is seen that acontinuous strap is passed around the socket A and through thedash-board, or other supporting portion of the vehicle,both ends beingfastened together, and between the socket A and the support, by means ofa screw-rivet, H, and nut, I.

By this means we obtain an excellent socket, manufactured at a veryslight cost, and easily attached by means of the bands alreadydescribed.

substantially as shown.

J. A. CALDWELL. C. S. BUGBEE. Witnesses:

EDWARD H. HYDE, WM. H. BRADBURY.

